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List of known continuity family indicators:
List of known continuity family indicators:


* '''[[Aurex]]'''—the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.<ref>Mentioned in "[[I, Lowtech]]" as the origin cluster of the [[Omnicon]]s.</ref>
* '''[[Aurex]]'''—the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.
* '''[[Fornax]]'''—the ''[[Kre-O]]'' continuity family.<ref name="completealmanac"/>
* '''[[Fornax]]'''—the ''[[Kre-O]]'' continuity family.
* '''[[Gargent]]'''—the ''[[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]]'' continuity family.<ref name="almanacII"/>
* '''[[Gargent]]'''—the ''[[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]]'' continuity family.
* '''[[Iocus]]'''—the ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', and ''[[Hero Mashers]]'' continuity family.<ref name="completealmanac"/>
* '''[[Iocus]]'''—the ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)|Bot Shots]]'', and ''[[Construct-Bots]]'' continuity family.
* '''[[Malgus]]'''—the ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' continuity family.<ref>Mentioned in "[[Withered Hope]]", but confirmed as ''Animated'' in "[[Bee in the City]]" and ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]''.</ref>
* '''[[Malgus]]'''—the ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' continuity family.
* '''[[Nexus]]'''—the cluster where the ''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]'' world of [[Axiom Nexus]] resides.<ref name="almanacII"/>
* '''[[Nexus]]'''—the cluster where the ''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]'' world of [[Axiom Nexus]] resides.
* '''[[Primax]]'''—the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] continuity family.
* '''[[Primax]]'''—the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] continuity family.
* '''[[Quadwal]]'''—the "real world".<ref>''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]''. "Quadwal" is a pun on the term "[[wikipedia:fourth wall|fourth wall]]", the barrier between fiction and reality which is "broken" when characters in a work of fiction acknowledge either the audience or their fictional nature.</ref>  
* '''[[Quadwal]]'''—the "real world".<ref>''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]''. "Quadwal" is a pun on the term "[[wikipedia:fourth wall|fourth wall]]", the barrier between fiction and reality which is "broken" when characters in a work of fiction acknowledge either the audience or their fictional nature.</ref>  
* '''[[Rovio (universal cluster)|Rovio]]'''—the ''[[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers]]'' continuity family.<ref name="completealmanac"/>
* '''[[Rovio (universal cluster)|Rovio]]'''—the ''[[Angry Birds]]'' continuity family.
* '''[[Tyran]]'''—the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] continuity family.
* '''[[Tyran]]'''—the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] continuity family.
* '''[[Uniend]]'''—the [[Aligned continuity family]].
* '''[[Uniend]]'''—the [[Aligned continuity family]].
* '''[[Viron]]'''—the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' franchise]] continuity family.<ref name="almanacII">''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''</ref>
* '''[[Viron]]'''—the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' franchise]] continuity family.
* '''[[Xobitor]]'''—the, uh, ''[[Robotix]]'' family.<ref name="almanacII"/>
* '''[[Xobitor]]'''—the, uh, ''[[Robotix]]'' family.
* '''[[Yayayarst]]'''—the [[Go-Bots continuity family|Go-Bots]] continuity family.<ref name="almanacII"/>
* '''[[Yayayarst]]'''—the [[Go-Bots continuity family|Go-Bots]] continuity family.


Supplied by writers [[Greg Sepelak]] and [[Trent Troop]], a list of Greek letters and the media to which they refer:
Supplied by writers [[Greg Sepelak]] and [[Trent Troop]], a list of Greek letters and the media to which they refer:
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These are the officially-named universal streams and the [[continuity family]] or individual [[Continuity|continuities]] they refer to:
These are the officially-named universal streams and the [[continuity family]] or individual [[Continuity|continuities]] they refer to:


*[[Aurex]]—the [[Unicron Trilogy|Unicron Trilogy continuity family]]
*[[Aurex]]—the [[Unicron Trilogy|Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].
**[[Aurex 103.10 Alpha]]—the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Micron Densetsu]]'' cartoon.<ref name=todiegame>"[[To Die Game!]]"</ref>
**[[Aurex 103.10 Alpha]]—the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Micron Densetsu]]'' cartoon.<ref name=todiegame>"[[To Die Game!]]"</ref>
**[[Aurex 503.21 Gamma]]—the [[Transformers: Armada (Panini)|Panini ''Armada'' comic]].<ref name=andromedafb/>
**[[Aurex 503.21 Gamma]]—the [[Transformers: Armada (Panini)|Panini ''Armada'' comic]].<ref name=andromedafb/>
**[[Aurex 603.0 Kappa]]—''[[Transformers Armada: The Energon Within|The Energon Within]]'' video game.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Aurex 603.0 Kappa]]—''[[Transformers Armada: The Energon Within|The Energon Within]]'' video game.<ref name="almanacII">''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''</ref>
**[[Aurex 802.23 Alpha]]—the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Aurex 802.23 Alpha]]—the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Aurex 1107.23 Beta]]—the [[Tech Spec]]s from the Black Friday release date of the [[Cannonball (Cybertron)|Cannonball]]/[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] "Search for the Pirate Moon" two-pack.<ref name=TransformersIQ>[[Transformers I.Q.#issue 56|Transformers I.Q.]] (issue #56)</ref>
**[[Aurex 1107.23 Beta]]—the [[Tech Spec]]s from the Black Friday release date of the [[Cannonball (Cybertron)|Cannonball]]/[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] "Search for the Pirate Moon" two-pack.<ref name=TransformersIQ>[[Transformers I.Q.#issue 56|Transformers I.Q.]] (issue #56)</ref>


*[[Gargent]]—the [[GoBots (franchise)|''GoBots'' continuity family]]
*[[Fornax]]—the [[Kre-O|''Kre-O'' continuity family]].
**[[Fornax 711.01 Alpha]]—the ''[[Kre-O Transformers (cartoon)|Kre-O Transformers]]'' cartoon.<ref name=completealmanac/>
**[[Fornax 813.0 Gamma]]—the ''[[Kre-O Transformers (comic)|Kre-O Transformers]]'' comic.<ref name=completealmanac/>
 
*[[Gargent]]—the [[GoBots (franchise)|''GoBots'' continuity family]].
**[[Gargent -1084.22 Alpha]]—an evil ''GoBots'' mirror universe from the cartoon episode "Transfer Point".<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Gargent -1084.22 Alpha]]—an evil ''GoBots'' mirror universe from the cartoon episode "Transfer Point".<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Gargent 984.08 Alpha]]—the ''Challenge of the GoBots'' cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Gargent 984.08 Alpha]]—the ''Challenge of the GoBots'' cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>


*[[Malgus]]—the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|''Animated'' continuity family]]
*[[Malgus]]—the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|''Animated'' continuity family]].
**[[Malgus -411.27 Zeta]]—the "Shattered Glass Animated" universe.<ref>[[Transformers I.Q.#issue 58|Transformers I.Q.]] (issue #58)</ref>
**[[Malgus -411.27 Zeta]]—the "Shattered Glass Animated" universe.<ref>[[Transformers I.Q.#issue 58|Transformers I.Q.]] (issue #58)</ref>
**[[Malgus 1207.26 Alpha]]—the [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|''Animated'']] cartoon continuity.<ref name=almanac>''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]''</ref>
**[[Malgus 1207.26 Alpha]]—the [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|''Animated'']] cartoon continuity.<ref name=almanac>''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]''</ref>


*[[Nexus]]—the ''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]'' continuity family.
*[[Nexus]]—the [[Transformers: TransTech|''TransTech'' continuity family]].
**[[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]]—[[Axiom Nexus]].<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]]—[[Axiom Nexus]].<ref name=almanacII/>


*[[Primax]]—the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]:
*[[Primax]]—the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].
**[[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]]—if one breaches "the dimensional barrier between the Positive Polarity Universes" and the Negative, one can reach the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] universe.<ref>[[Aquarius (SG)|SG Aquarius]]' bio</ref>
**[[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]]—if one breaches "the dimensional barrier between the Positive Polarity Universes" and the Negative, one can reach the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] universe.<ref>[[Aquarius (SG)|SG Aquarius]]' bio</ref>
**[[Primax 095.0 Beta]]—the universal stream that's home to ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Bulletbike (G2)|Bullet Bike]]'s [[Tech Spec]] bio.<ref name="ilowtech">"[[I, Lowtech]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 095.0 Beta]]—the universal stream that's home to ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Bulletbike (G2)|Bullet Bike]]'s [[Tech Spec]] bio.<ref name="ilowtech">"[[I, Lowtech]]"</ref>
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**[[Primax 509.28 Epsilon]]—the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'' continuity.<ref>"[[Invasion: Epilogue]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 509.28 Epsilon]]—the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'' continuity.<ref>"[[Invasion: Epilogue]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 512.5 Gamma]]—the ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]]'' comic series.<ref name=completealmanac>''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]''</ref>
**[[Primax 512.5 Gamma]]—the ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]]'' comic series.<ref name=completealmanac>''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]''</ref>
**[[Cloud World|Primax 514.29 Gamma]]—the ''[[Transformers Cloud]]'' continuity.<ref name=completealmanac/>
**[[Primax 698.20 Theta]]—the world of "[[Visitations]]".<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 698.20 Theta]]—the world of "[[Visitations]]".<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 703.02 Gamma]]—the world of the [[Devil's Due Press]]'s [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity]].<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 703.02 Gamma]]—the world of the [[Devil's Due Press]]'s [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity]].<ref name=almanacII/>
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**[[Primax "whatever" Zeta]]—the [[Big Looker Storybook]] universe.<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 61|Hot Shot's Bot Thoughts]]</ref>
**[[Primax "whatever" Zeta]]—the [[Big Looker Storybook]] universe.<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 61|Hot Shot's Bot Thoughts]]</ref>


* [[Quadwal]]—a [[Transformers timeline|strangely divergent]] continuity family.
*[[Quadwal]]—a [[Transformers timeline|strangely divergent continuity family]].
** [[Quadwal -3760.925 Theta]]—the world in which [[Jim Sorenson (Animated)|Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster (Animated)|Bill Forster]] were recruited to write the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|AllSpark Almanac]]''.<ref name=almanac/><ref>The origin date of September 25, -3760 is also a reference; September 25, 3760 BC is the first day of the [[wikipedia:Hebrew calendar|Hebrew calendar]] That answers THAT question.</ref>
** [[Quadwal -3760.925 Theta]]—the world in which [[Jim Sorenson (Animated)|Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster (Animated)|Bill Forster]] were recruited to write the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|AllSpark Almanac]]''.<ref name=almanac/><ref>The origin date of September 25, -3760 is also a reference; September 25, 3760 BC is the first day of the [[wikipedia:Hebrew calendar|Hebrew calendar]] That answers THAT question.</ref>


*[[Tyran]]—the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] continuity family
*[[Rovio (universal cluster)|Rovio]]—the [[Angry Birds Transformers|''Angry Birds'' continuity family]].
**[[Rovio 914.25 Kappa]]—the [[Angry Birds Transformers (comic)|''Angry Birds'']] comic.<ref name=completealmanac/>
 
*[[Tyran]]—the [[Live-action film series|live-action film continuity family]].
**[[Tyran 307.27 Zeta]]—the world of ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday]]''.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Tyran 307.27 Zeta]]—the world of ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday]]''.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Tyran 407.1 Beta]]—the world of the movie toyline's [[Tech Spec]]s.<ref name=todiegame/>
**[[Tyran 407.1 Beta]]—the world of the movie toyline's [[Tech Spec]]s.<ref name=todiegame/>
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**[[Tyran 707.04 Delta]]—the [[Transformers (film)|''Transformers'' film]].<ref name="witheredhope"/>
**[[Tyran 707.04 Delta]]—the [[Transformers (film)|''Transformers'' film]].<ref name="witheredhope"/>


*[[Uniend]]—the [[Aligned continuity family]]
*[[Uniend]]—the [[Aligned continuity family]].
**[[Uniend 610.23 Zeta]]—the Aligned book series begun by ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''.<ref name=andromedafb>"[[Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter]]"</ref>
**[[Uniend 610.23 Zeta]]—the Aligned book series begun by ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''.<ref name=andromedafb>"[[Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter]]"</ref>


*[[Viron]]—the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' continuity family
*[[Viron]]—the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' continuity family]].
**[[Viron 403.0 Beta]]—home stream to [[Dreadwing (RID)|Dreadwing]] and [[Smokejumper]].<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Viron 403.0 Beta]]—home stream to [[Dreadwing (RID)|Dreadwing]] and [[Smokejumper]].<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Viron 901.8 Alpha]]—the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' cartoon.<ref name=TransformersIQ/>
**[[Viron 901.8 Alpha]]—the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' cartoon.<ref name=TransformersIQ/>


*[[Xobitor]]—the ''[[Robotix]]'' continuity family
*[[Xobitor]]—the [[Robotix|''Robotix'' continuity family]].
**[[Xobitor 286.0 Gamma]]—the ''Robotix'' comic.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Xobitor 286.0 Gamma]]—the ''Robotix'' comic.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Xobitor 1085.06 Alpha]]—the ''Robotix'' cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Xobitor 1085.06 Alpha]]—the ''Robotix'' cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>


*[[Yayayarst]]—the [[Go-Bots continuity family]]
*[[Yayayarst]]—the [[Go-Bots continuity family|''Go-Bots'' continuity family]].
**[[Yayayarst 201.11 Beta]]—the only known stream in this family.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Yayayarst 201.11 Beta]]—the only known stream in this family.<ref name=almanacII/>



Revision as of 10:34, 11 May 2015

The name or term "Universal" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Universal (disambiguation).

The Transformers multiverse consists of at least 15,962,782 cataloged universal streams (1,176,325 of which have "come to termination"), according to the TransTech Cybertronians' exhaustive records.[1] There are at least 59,927,225 realities that the TransTech Cybertronians have yet to catalog.[2] Bug Bite claims that there are over fifteen quadrillion concurrent realities.[3]

Deciphering the terminology

Each universal stream's name consists of three parts, beginning with a noun which refers to the continuity family of origin, a number that indicates the "real world" date of creation, and a Greek letter that denotes the form of media. For example, "Primax 984.0 Gamma" refers to the Generation 1 Marvel Comics continuity, with "Primax" referring to the Generation 1 continuity family, "984.0" indicating a publication date of September 1984 (with "0" indicating an unknown day of publication), and "Gamma" denoting a comic book series.

List of known continuity family indicators:

Supplied by writers Greg Sepelak and Trent Troop, a list of Greek letters and the media to which they refer:

  • Alpha—animated series
  • Beta—tech spec/toy/pack-in comic only ("box")
  • Gamma—comic book series
  • Delta—motion picture/live action
  • Epsilon—club/convention fiction
  • Zeta—text stories, storybooks and other prose works (printed)
  • Eta—radio/audiocentric universes, books on tape
  • Theta—live performance/spoken word
  • Iota—Internet-only information (not involved with club/convention)
  • Kappa—games (video and otherwise)

Using this information, we could, in theory, determine the names of yet-unnamed universes on our own. For example, Dreamwave's Transformers: Armada comics continuity would be Aurex 702.10 Gamma. The exceptions to this are the Kre-O continuity, the Bot Shots continuity, the Construct-Bots continuity, and the Cloud continuity, for which the number and Greek letter may be determined, but whose clusters are thus far unnamed.

Officially-designated universal streams

These are the officially-named universal streams and the continuity family or individual continuities they refer to:

References

  1. This information, and most of the bulk of the article, comes from the text story "Withered Hope".
  2. In "Worlds Collide, Part 4", the Autobots scanned 75,890,007 realities in addition to their own before locating Optimus Prime, adrift in the multiverse.
  3. "Games of Deception"
  4. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac. "Quadwal" is a pun on the term "fourth wall", the barrier between fiction and reality which is "broken" when characters in a work of fiction acknowledge either the audience or their fictional nature.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "To Die Game!"
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter"
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II
  8. 8.0 8.1 Transformers I.Q. (issue #56)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac
  10. Transformers I.Q. (issue #58)
  11. 11.0 11.1 Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac
  12. SG Aquarius' bio
  13. 13.0 13.1 "I, Lowtech"
  14. From Here to Alternity
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "Withered Hope"
  16. Depth Charge bio
  17. Transformers I.Q. #8
  18. "Invasion: Epilogue"
  19. Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter
  20. Optimus Prime bio
  21. "To Mega Therion"
  22. "The World Is Flat!"
  23. "Timeless"
  24. Hot Shot's Bot Thoughts
  25. The origin date of September 25, -3760 is also a reference; September 25, 3760 BC is the first day of the Hebrew calendar That answers THAT question.